Hello all, and good afternoon.
I recently received some PPU 357 Mag brass from one of the members here. It was a mix of once fired and new.
It is beautiful brass, BUT the wall thickness is too great.
I loaded up some dummy rounds to check the fit in my S&W and Herter/Sauer.
I tried standard J's and cast sized .359, .358 and .357, I also tried different seating combinations, and none of them fed smoothly into the cylinder. I measured the case wall thickness of the PPU and it was greater than any of the wall thickness of Winchester and Remington brass I have on hand.
Not willing to give up I then tried all the same combinations with Remington brass, and they all fit into the chambers.
My warning is to pay attention to the brass you are using and DO make some dummy "check" rounds to verify fit.
I am wondering if anyone else has encountered a similar problem with PPU .357 brass?
atr